1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the
congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between
Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing
out of the land of Egypt.
2 And
the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And
the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of
the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when
we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then
said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and
the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove
them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
5 And
it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which
they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
6 And
Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall
know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
7 And
in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth
your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And
Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD
heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we?
your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
9 And
Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 And
it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of
Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the
LORD appeared in the cloud.
11 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I
have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying,
At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread;
and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
13 And
it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in
the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And
when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a
small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And
when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna:
for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the
bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
16 This is the
thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his
eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye
every man for them which are in
his tents.
17 And
the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And
when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much
had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every
man according to his eating.
19 And
Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20 Notwithstanding
they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning,
and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And
they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the
sun waxed hot, it melted.
22 And
it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice
as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses.
23 And
he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the
rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which
remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And
they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither
was there any worm therein.
25 And
Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye
shall not find it in the field.
26 Six
days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And
it came to pass, that there went out some of
the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And
the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my
laws?
29 See,
for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the
sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go
out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So
the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And
the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like
coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with
honey.
32 And
Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth,
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread
wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the
land of Egypt.
33 And
Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and
lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
34 As
the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 And
the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of
Canaan.
36 Now
an omer is the
tenth part of
an ephah.
